Women's Basketball Falls At Northeastern

Friday, November 26

Boston, MA

6 p.m.

Central Michigan University

1-3,0-0MAC

Northeastern

4-2,0-0CAA

Central Mich.

Northeastern

Photo by: Keara Chaperon '22

11/26/2021 9:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: Katherine Schultz, CMUChippewas.com

BOSTON -- Northeastern utilized an 11-point run in a game-changing fourth quarter to take the lead on Saturday as it handed Central Michigan a 63-57 nonconference women's basketball loss at the Huskies' Cabot Center.

The Chippewas (1-3) are scheduled to play at Marist (2-3) on Sunday, Nov. 28 (2 p.m.).

Molly Davis scored 32 points, one shy of her career high, to lead the Chippewas. The junior guard made nine of her 18 field goal attempts including 3-of-10 from 3-point range. She was 11-for-13 from the free throw line.

Tiana Timpe added nine points and Jahari Smith had eight points and led the Chippewas with 12 rebounds.

The Chippewas led for most of the first three quarters and were up 10, 40-30, with under four minutes to play in the third quarter.

Northeastern (4-2) used an extended 21-2 run to seize a 51-42 advantage with under five minutes remaining.

The Huskies bumped their lead to as many as 11 points and the Chippewas never got closer than six the rest of the way.

Northeastern outscored the Chippewas, 27-17, in the fourth quarter.

The Chippewas made 35.8 percent of their field goal attempts, while the Huskies finished with 45.8 percent. CMU tied its season high with six 3-pointers -- three each from Timpe and Davis -- on 25 attempts.